Method of making a tire carcass



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1. THE METHOD OF MAKING TIRE CARCASSES COMPRISING MAINTAINING THE BODIESOF A PLURALITY OF COAXIALLY ALIGNERD DRUMS AT A FIXED DISTANCE APARTDURING MOVEMENT THEREOF ALONG EACH OF A PLURALITYOF PORTIONS OF A FIXEDPATH; HELICALLY WINDING A STRIP OF SHEET MATERIAL ONTO THE DRUMS DURINGCONTINUOUS ROTATION AND AXIAL MOVEMENT THEREOF ALONG EACH PORTION OFSAID FIXED PATH FOR FORM A TUBULAR STRUCTURE ON SAID DRUM; SEVERING THETUBULAR STRUCTURE IN THE REGION BETWEEN ADJACENT DRUMS DURING THEIR SAIDCONTINUOUS ROTATION AND AXIAL MOVEMENT ALONG EACH PORTION OF SAID FIXEDPATH.